How did the Vikings Become French? | The Origin and History of the Normans.

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    The Norman Conquest of England in 1066 is undoubtedly the most famous date in British History, and the fact they conquered England in this year is one of the few things most know about the Normans. In 911 AD Charles the Simple, King of West Francia, granted the County of Rouen to a Viking warleader called Rollo (Hrólfr in Old Norse), starting a process that would lead to the formation of the Duchy of Normandy. While Rollo's followers were originally Old Norse-speaking, sea-faring, pagan, Viking Age Scandinavians bent on plunder, within several generations they were unrecognisable, having become French-speaking, Christian feudal overlords.
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  • @nutyyyy
    @nutyyyy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    One thing to remember is that a lot of the Lords and troops that went with William in 1066 were Frankish/French from outside of Normandy or Bretons. Plus the Plantagenets were French from Anjou. So its fair to call them French, in the same way we talk about the English and not the West Saxons, Mercians, Northumbrians, East Anglians etc. You can claim the Northumbrians were Danes or Vikings given the big influence and ancestry of Danes in the North of England. Its simply easier to call the collective groups English and French. You had the French that spoke the langue d'oïl and the langue d'oc. The Norman dialect was part of the langue d'oïl. Plus the French were also a mix of Germanic Franks and Gallo-Romans.

  • @b_a_z_e_dv.2.067
    @b_a_z_e_dv.2.067 4 ปีที่แล้ว +325

    Rollo got history's best deal. Land, lordship and ancestor of the most notable monarchs of Europe.

    • @Alias_Anybody
      @Alias_Anybody 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Best deal anyone ever got for loosing.

    • @matro2
      @matro2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      If he knew it sooner, he would've been dancing naked on the beach.

    • @rakaman27
      @rakaman27 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No naked beach dancing, though.

    • @MetalHeadViking
      @MetalHeadViking 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And he got to smash that smoking hot ass frankish princess Poppa as well.

    • @whiterider1414
      @whiterider1414 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      MetalHeadViking POPPA Doesn't sound like a hot ass girl

  • @noahtylerpritchett2682
    @noahtylerpritchett2682 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    They married into French culture and genepool. They said it themselves in the Bayeux tapestry. That they spoke French and adopted French law.
    To French people they introduced themselves as Normans. To foreigners they introduced themselves as French.

    • @nerdyguy1152
      @nerdyguy1152 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A little reminder , the Franks didn’t just give away their women to Vikings, they fought two hard battles (Siege of Paris from 885 to 886 and Siege of Chartres 911) which have been omitted by this video. For more details you may check my other comments

  • @the5th2000
    @the5th2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    Vikings in the Byzantine empire and Normans in Italy and the Balkans would be two topics for interesting videos

    • @elimalinsky7069
      @elimalinsky7069 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Or how Vikings founded the Rus principalities and in the process created the basis for Russia.
      That is a fascinating topic.
      Vikings supposedly even had a trading post in Baghdad at some point.

    • @davidtice4972
      @davidtice4972 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The Norman's conquered Sicily and southern Italy right before conquering England.

    • @elimalinsky7069
      @elimalinsky7069 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@davidtice4972 the Normans also took over Cyprus and several small islands in the Aegean, although after the conquest of England.

    • @davidtice4972
      @davidtice4972 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I use to take French lessons from a Norman French teacher and go to a Norman French church in California. Both the Norman French teacher and his wife had blonde hair and blue eyes like the Vikings.

    • @nerdyguy1152
      @nerdyguy1152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Countless clashes broke out between normans and vikings / varangian guards

  • @Maxibon2007
    @Maxibon2007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    If you’d believe the Vikings TV series you’d think they literally mutated into High Mediaeval perfumed French noblemen seconds after being given land in Francia

    • @belis35
      @belis35 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      BLUE DOG did you take your pills today ?

    • @ecmarks438
      @ecmarks438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @BLUE DOG LOL what debate? Based on your initial comments I could easily surmise, Christianity sucks, Kings suck, Jewish Bankers suck and because they financed Nazis/Commies they too suck. Which leads me to infer your view sucks because censorship causes hiding which sucks. Ergo debating with you sucks.

    • @fireandblood8142
      @fireandblood8142 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ecmarks438 lmao

    • @Ravnulv
      @Ravnulv 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ecmarks438 The Nazis stole a year's worth of German gdp (ish) from the jews, so they did indeed finance the Nazis ... ^.-

    • @nutyyyy
      @nutyyyy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I mean they wouldn't have been averse to those things to begin with. The Danes and Norse bathed regularly and loved gold and shiny stuff. They were also great fighters, those facts aren't mutually exclusive.

  • @owengar3117
    @owengar3117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Whenever the Netherlands national anthem plays in one of these videos I sing along out loud even though I'm 99% sure I'm just saying Dutch gibberish

    • @rutgerw.
      @rutgerw. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Quite sure your version is a lot better than the actual one.

    • @owengar3117
      @owengar3117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@rutgerw. dunno about that chief 😂

    • @historywithhilbert146
      @historywithhilbert146  4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Amazing comment 😂😂

    • @Alias_Anybody
      @Alias_Anybody 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Don't worry, real Dutch also sounds like gibberish.

    • @AudieHolland
      @AudieHolland 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The anthem's lyics is about being of German blood and having been loyal to the Spanish king.
      And he mentions being a Prince of Orange.
      Orange is in France.
      Oops, forgot 'van Nassauwe' meaning being from Nassau.
      In Germany, of course.

  • @trombone_pasha
    @trombone_pasha 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Something similar happened to the vikings named Rus in East Europe
    And there is a legend that Roerik fan Dorestêd and the first russian ruler Rørik are the same person

    • @elbentos7803
      @elbentos7803 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That's indeed very similar :
      A small minority of political elite (rus' / nordmans) ruled over and quickly got assimilated in a mass of local population (slavs/franks) while giving their ethnonym to the place they ruled.
      The normands elite assimilated in three generations due to even greater pressure than the varangians :
      The original normans, always a rather small minority in their own duchy, ruled over a small part of Francia and all their neighbours were either franks or celts (bretons) ;
      furthermore, feudal politics implied making a lot of matrimonial alliances with your neighbours, thus constantly mixing with the far more numerous frankish nobles (it's quite obvious when one check the lineage of William the conqueror or the Hauteville family.
      More importantly, by 1000 AD, any norse trait in normand culture had simply disappeared : not only language and religion but also architecture, social organisation and classes, warfare style, economy, personal grooming, way of life etc.

    • @emsnewssupkis6453
      @emsnewssupkis6453 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Correct, my family came from the French/English Normans and my husband came from the Run Normans. He has red hair and I have blonde hair.

    • @jacobandrews2663
      @jacobandrews2663 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@emsnewssupkis6453 well, that is still Northern Europe. I'm pretty sure if you took a DNA test it'd just say "mostly broadly western european". We're all mixed, most importantly is the particular culture we're a part of

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 4 ปีที่แล้ว +264

    "How did the Vikings become French"
    VIkings: *oui*

    • @camberon2225
      @camberon2225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Avery the Cuban-American your in every comment section ever

    • @historywithhilbert146
      @historywithhilbert146  4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I do love the fact that I see you all over TH-cam

    • @mikespearwood3914
      @mikespearwood3914 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Lucas Zhu The same type of inane comments he makes all over youtube!

    • @mrgodliak
      @mrgodliak 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      *Oïl

    • @arkadeepkundu4729
      @arkadeepkundu4729 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      They realised the power of cheese & baguettes. No amount of fermented fish could compare.

  • @ataru4
    @ataru4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    William Longsword - hey guys can I be frank with you?
    Everyone - we'd rather you were more Norse to be honest

    • @cjgeist
      @cjgeist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Underrated comment :D

  • @tonyhawk94
    @tonyhawk94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    It's also important to point out that the local Frankish nobles of the area were already speaking oïl languages (old French) by this time for two reasons :
    1 - They were constantly in contact with the locals
    2 - From 496 to the 10th century, generations of Gallo-Romans progressively integrated the nobility and intermarried.

  • @MmmGallicus
    @MmmGallicus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You can still find today remnants of the Vikings in French Normandy : place names, genetics (dolichocphals, tall blond people with blue eyes), impact on the French dialects (the Joret line).

    • @smal750
      @smal750 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      they didnt have a big genetic impact

    • @adelaidesngan604
      @adelaidesngan604 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Lol there is almost no genetic trace, I know the English like to say that the Normans were 100% Scandinavians when only 3-4%😂😂

  • @Hamsterzilla1349
    @Hamsterzilla1349 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Note that "William" is really the *Norman* form of the name. Same goes for Walter/Gautier, Wace/Gace, waste/gaste, warden/gardien, wasp/guêpe, etc. You can see that w/g dichotomy all over the words borrowed into English. It's an isogloss of the dialects from Normandy to Lorraine and isn't from Norse influence (if anything it's from Frankish).

    • @nutyyyy
      @nutyyyy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes its the same reason English has the word war and guerre or whatever Gar or whatever the word in English would otherwise be.

    • @MaryamofShomal
      @MaryamofShomal ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s so cool

    • @williamnolan1943
      @williamnolan1943 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes! French being Guillieme and Norse being Viljahlmr!

  • @nerdyguy1152
    @nerdyguy1152 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    To my surprise this supposedly professional video omitted that the Frankish did SUCCESSFULLY fended off the Vikings twice :
    1. Siege of Paris (885 - 886) when the Frankish under leadership of Odo of France fortified Paris
    2. Siege of Chartre (911) when Odo’s brother Robert 1st of France and his horsemen stopped the Vikings offensive
    So the fact is the Frankish didn’t just gave land and women to the Vikings as suggested by this video. Not even close to history.

    • @tekkentekkentekken
      @tekkentekkentekken ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bro you’ve already written something similar. But yea this ‘Oxford student’ is a bit amateur… he didn’t mention Alfred the Great also gave Vikings women and land! (Yorkshire)!

    • @brg8960
      @brg8960 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hmmm, why might he left off that bit of info? Perhaps because the video is 16 minutes long and, the above facts don't directly relate to the theme of the video. By the way, if the Franks fended off the Norsemen, and the Franks didn't give them the lands, how did they then come to rule those lands?

    • @nerdyguy1152
      @nerdyguy1152 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@brg8960 Very good question.
      First, the Frankish horsemen fended off the Vikings at Paris TWICE (885-886 and 911). But they couldn’t expel them out of France. So they came to a comprise : the Franks gave them some land in what we call nowadays Normandy, the Vikings did not enter Paris again. This is very similar to Alfred the Great giving Yorkshire to the Danes.
      Interestingly, England which had 4 Viking kings, France had 0 Viking king.
      And please remember , Vikings pledged allegiance to French king (and it’s officially recognised by a treaty), they were incorporated into French nobility patchwork.
      Of course during medieval times, it’s not like modern centralised state, every vassal enjoyed a certain degree of autonomy.

    • @Man_of_dirt
      @Man_of_dirt 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hmm, you seem French.

    • @nerdyguy1152
      @nerdyguy1152 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Man_of_dirt i’m from Belgium, more precisely from Brussels

  • @gengis737
    @gengis737 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    From a Frisian friend: Frisians in Netherland and Germany kept their own language, distinct from Dutch and German, up to today.

  • @aaronmarks9366
    @aaronmarks9366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Speaking of the Bretons, can you do a video on their history? How they fled Britain, settled in Brittany, and kept their independence from the Franks/France for a good thousand years?

    • @GoubelinWWWWWWWWWWWW
      @GoubelinWWWWWWWWWWWW 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nobody care :)

    • @aaronmarks9366
      @aaronmarks9366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@GoubelinWWWWWWWWWWWW Sacré bleu, un nationaliste français!

    • @GoubelinWWWWWWWWWWWW
      @GoubelinWWWWWWWWWWWW 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@aaronmarks9366 Absolument pas, juste un voisin Normand. Boujou

    • @aaronmarks9366
      @aaronmarks9366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@GoubelinWWWWWWWWWWWW Oooh, lol, got it. Je suis de Californie et nous parlons aussi comme ça sur les Nevadiens ;)

    • @elbentos7803
      @elbentos7803 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Et hop, on va parler du mont St. Michel... 🌩🔥

  • @shadowsniper86
    @shadowsniper86 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I so look forward to the videos you are planning to make on this topic and I've ticked the little bell so that I get all your updates instead of personalized ones. Cheers!

  • @catdogabuab1928
    @catdogabuab1928 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I absolutely adore your editing.

  • @niccoarcadia4179
    @niccoarcadia4179 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Great Vid! Nice Work, Thanks! I'm a descendant of Norman-Frankish De Clifford family from Rouen France.

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    @giraffe2630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Finally a sponsor I bother checking out! Super cool streaming service!!

  • @shorewall
    @shorewall 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I love hearing about the Normans. :D It's such an interesting mix of viking and latin, savagery and civilized. I really think they hit the best of both worlds.

    • @therantwithgrant2051
      @therantwithgrant2051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm French Canadian. My ancestors were Pioneers and Vikings. Pretty cool. No wonder i don't abide to the global cabal. It's in my DNA. My last name means BRAVE

    • @chucklynch6523
      @chucklynch6523 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@therantwithgrant2051 The Normans had Papal agents in England undermining King Harold Godwinson. Please do your research and get the real facts. After the Battle of Hastings the English (Anglo Saxon) folks who stood for individual liberty and freedom headed north into the Scottish Lowlands, Northern Ireland and then Appalachia, never, ever giving up their thirst for liberty, which they gained on the new continent!!

  • @evanmacdougall9715
    @evanmacdougall9715 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The Vikings had a lot of Gaul to think they could so easily become French.

    • @regular-joe
      @regular-joe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      🤣

    • @SouthernPotato97
      @SouthernPotato97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😂😂😂 good one

    • @lecapetien3223
      @lecapetien3223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Vikings had a lot of england to think they could so easily become english.

  • @taylorbraton1830
    @taylorbraton1830 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Talking about the coin, it is indeed Rouen as Rouen’s old roman name was Rotomagus which was probably abbreviated into Rotom. Very interesting video!! Thanks

  • @SanktBeautancus
    @SanktBeautancus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    How about something on the Flemish in Scotland? As a roundabout scion of Clan Sutherland, it would be of some interest to me.

    • @historywithhilbert146
      @historywithhilbert146  4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Carson Kriger Good idea!

    • @thomaswhittingham9726
      @thomaswhittingham9726 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There is a book about it! The Flemish scottish connections😉

    • @cheeveka3
      @cheeveka3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thomas Whittingham Funny enough I showed someone who spoke Dutch natively some videos where some people sound really Scottish well let’s say they actually heard a lot of similar words. Seems that Scottish English is very different compared other dialects.

    • @cheeveka3
      @cheeveka3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thomas Whittingham You should also look up Frisian language by spoken Frisians in the Netherlands that being spoken natively because how they speak Frisian sounds very similar on how Scottish people talk.

    • @TwinPeaky
      @TwinPeaky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm Flemish, why have i never heard of this before?

  • @Automaticman88
    @Automaticman88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Harold Bluetooth fighting with both hands free.

  • @samuelbousfield4342
    @samuelbousfield4342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm of Norman descent myself they're pretty wicked chief.

  • @amesbancal
    @amesbancal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hello from Pays de Caux where they settled and thanks for this remarkable video.

  • @shadowsniper86
    @shadowsniper86 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent VIDEO!

  • @jackedgorilla9799
    @jackedgorilla9799 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love learning more about the history of the region my family originated from.

  • @redcapetimetraveler7688
    @redcapetimetraveler7688 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    14:00 yup "Rotom" refers to "Rothomagus" the latin name of Rouen.

  • @danukil7703
    @danukil7703 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    The assimilation of the Scandinavians into the local Gallo-Romance people, particularly demonstrated in the names of successive Norman rulers, seems very similar to what happened with the Rus' Varangians in Kyivan Rus'. You first had rulers with very Scandinavian names like Helgi (Oleh) and Ingvar (Ihor), followed by rulers with very Slavic names like Sviatoslav.
    I think you are definitely in a good position to make a video on the Varangians in Kyivan Rus', particularly since you are at Cambridge. If you ever need assistance, I am sure Dr. Olenka Pevny and the Cambridge Ukrainian Studies Centre will be glad to help you ^_^

    • @muhammadshehreyarkhan1851
      @muhammadshehreyarkhan1851 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Also another particularly interesting case of assimilation & Christianization of alien nobility in far away lands is Bulgars & Huns (both Turkic nomads) in Slavic nations just like Vikings or Rus. Seems that Slavic culture had a very strong foot print.

    • @pwnageshow2549
      @pwnageshow2549 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Danuki L its only the rulers. It went very slowly through generations
      The same way the franks went slowly from germanic language similar to german to latin language (french)
      Also back in the 1950s 60s original norman language was still alive in rural isolated parts of normandy. Now its a dead language

    • @danukil7703
      @danukil7703 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@pwnageshow2549 Really? The original Norman dialect of Old Norse, or it's Germanic descendant, survived until the 1950s? I thought it didn't survive the Middle Ages. I do remember reading that *Normaund* (the Norman Langue d'Oïl) survives to this day in certain parts of Normandy and the Channel Islands. What do scholars call the Norman dialect of Old Norse? I would like to read more about it :)

    • @pwnageshow2549
      @pwnageshow2549 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Danuki L yes it was still spocken by a small number of people in normandy back in the 50s 60s. Now its either a dead language or almost dead
      You can still learn it in some specific university in normandy. Its called the "norrois". Its similar to icelandish or old danish

    • @pwnageshow2549
      @pwnageshow2549 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Danuki L but to mention at first only the ruling class. the commercial family & family in frequant contact with latin french spoke french. Normans werent duolingo hippies 😆 so it took lot of generations
      When norman took over england. They were speaking a old norse dialect. And the anglo saxon could understand to an extent since they are germanics as well. And lot of danes settled there
      Its France who took advantage from the fact that normandy accepted to be part of france kindgom. That sent their french citizen there
      Normans contributed to the scandinavian influence to english language with old norse. The french arrived later tacking advantage that normandy was now part of them to lazily claim territories

  • @koloblicin
    @koloblicin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    william longsword
    ( ͡ʘ ͜ʖ ͡ʘ)

    • @historywithhilbert146
      @historywithhilbert146  4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      kolo Stop it ;)

    • @koloblicin
      @koloblicin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@historywithhilbert146 ok daddy, im sorry

    • @SandroCrystalColor
      @SandroCrystalColor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Heil, Biggus Dickus!

    • @nerdyguy1152
      @nerdyguy1152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Guillame Longue Épée (William Long Sword) was the son of Rollo who had become quickly frenchified. Richard Sans Peur (Richard the Fearless) was the grandson of Rollo and had become completely frenchified

  • @HikmaHistory
    @HikmaHistory 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Was wondering who was gonna do a video about this topic first, you or History Time!

  • @cornpop780
    @cornpop780 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome content

  • @Reziac
    @Reziac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What is that beautiful font you're using for your headlines?
    Also, would have liked more period maps.

  • @NB-qo4ds
    @NB-qo4ds 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I would really appreciate a video on Law French.

  • @denishdutrisac3413
    @denishdutrisac3413 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Et il serait intéressant de voir une deuxième vidéo qui explique la suite et la conquête de Guillaume Le Conquérant, son influence culturelle et génétique sur la Grande Bretagne ! Ma famille vient originalement de Trisay (Trisac), en Normandie.

  • @Helmet_Von_Moldy
    @Helmet_Von_Moldy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Can you make a video about how Latin died and was replaced by Spanish, French, and Italian

    • @Authentique0
      @Authentique0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And how Latin cases vanished too

  • @untitledjuan2849
    @untitledjuan2849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hi, I really like your videos. How do you make the drawings and animations of the videos?

  • @aprilcoursey4533
    @aprilcoursey4533 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you.

  • @lesliefranklin1870
    @lesliefranklin1870 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Actually, the Vikings *did* invade the British Isles in 1066. That's why King Harold had to rush from Scotland to Hastings.

    • @dnstone1127
      @dnstone1127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      From Yorkshire 'Stamford bridge' battle to Hastings.

    • @basedkaiser5352
      @basedkaiser5352 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They were not vikings anymore

    • @lesliefranklin1870
      @lesliefranklin1870 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@basedkaiser5352 The battle at Stamford Bridge is generally considered the last event of the Viking Age.

    • @RayB1656
      @RayB1656 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Harald Sigurdsson, known as Hardrada and the brother of Harold Godwinson,
      Tostig Godwinson invaded Anglo-Saxon England ( no British Isles, yet )
      with the Great Viking Army, east of York, England, early September 1066.
      Harold and Tostig Godwinson had invaded Wales, together
      and Tostig had killed the King of Wales, a year later,
      however,
      Tostig turned against his brother.. I don't remember why !
      The Anglo-Saxons knew how to fight the Vikings, since the victory of Alfred the Great in 878.
      Harold Godwinson with his Hauscarls were successful.
      Even if the Normans ( Northmen ) were once Vikings themselves,
      in 1066, with William the Conqueror, they had different war tactics and weaponry.
      It is said that Harold Godwinson had stopped in London before rushing to Hastings...
      ..... it was a poor decision, he should have rested with the army and wait for reinforcement and supplies...in London , with a possible victory ?!?
      However, the Norman Cavalry was the key against the Anglo-Saxons...

    • @chucklynch6523
      @chucklynch6523 ปีที่แล้ว

      Without the Battle of Stamford Bridge William the Bastard would have gone down in history as exactly that, William the Bastard! The Saxons still almost won the battle, and if not for Harold's subcommandor on the the right wing chasing the feigned retreat of the Norman down the hill the battle would have probably ended in a draw, which would have been a victory for the Saxons, as they had the home field advantage and reinforcements on the way!!

  • @diegoarmandodelgadilloponc7879
    @diegoarmandodelgadilloponc7879 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice 👍 work

  • @mindyschaper
    @mindyschaper ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting. Would like to visit.

  • @davidtice4972
    @davidtice4972 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Unlike the Norman Conquest of England (1066), which took a few years after one decisive battle, the conquest of southern Italy was the product of decades and a number of battles, few decisive. Many territories were conquered independently, and only later were unified into a single state. Compared to the conquest of England, it was unplanned and disorganised, but equally complete.

  • @maxhaddock9322
    @maxhaddock9322 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Please do make a video on Norman French - that would be very interesting

  • @matthewread7220
    @matthewread7220 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Is that danheim music I here in the beginning of the vid? Awsome music. Very interesting vid

    • @historywithhilbert146
      @historywithhilbert146  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Matthew Read You’ve got a good ear ;) Thank you!

    • @matthewread7220
      @matthewread7220 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@historywithhilbert146 I do, you should check out runefell the whole album is absolutely stunning. can you do a colab bid with survive the jive?

  • @nerdyguy1152
    @nerdyguy1152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    5:10 of this video explained briefly but clearly how and why rollo accepted the peace deal proposed by charles the simple

  • @CalebNorthNorman
    @CalebNorthNorman 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool video

  • @DVX_BELLORVM
    @DVX_BELLORVM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! Do you have a source for the brief relapse to Norse paganism in the early years of Richard I's reign? I had never heard of that and I'm interested in learning more.

  • @Echowhiskeyone
    @Echowhiskeyone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    One of my ancestors was Bernard the Dane, brother/companion of Rollo, who took up residence in 'Normandy' in the early 900s. His descendants and my ancestors are the de Harcourts.
    It is always good to hear more on how the vikings came to 'Normandy'.

    • @creator7583
      @creator7583 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      If u claim , how do u know "Rolo" was a Dane ? . Kurt is a believer in relativism / postmodern philosophy , history to fit the contemporary , globalization salvation and the nationstate hell. In the end we all originate from "Adam"/"Eve" .

    • @donovandugard3167
      @donovandugard3167 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Where do you live actually sir De Harcourt ( d'Harcourt ? )

    • @Echowhiskeyone
      @Echowhiskeyone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I do know that going back so far many years that 'everyone' is related. My bubble was burst many years ago and I take everything with a grain of salt.
      My mother's family married a de Harcourt(d'Harcourt) daughter in the early 1700's when the Huguenots started for the New World and settled in today Berks County Pennsylvania, from there they spread west. My branch moved into Perry County, PA.
      The line can be traced back son or daughter to parent though remaining records and books(hoping they are true) to Bernard the Dane.
      Info on Bernard is spotty at best. Was he a brother or companion of Rollo? Did he even really know Rollo? Who were Bernard's parents? Siblings? No one really knows anything beyond Bernard is a common ancestor of many, many people.

    • @mikeoxsmal8022
      @mikeoxsmal8022 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KurtFrederiksen even the agent greeks could see through that bullshit

    • @kimciria1680
      @kimciria1680 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I want to try finding my ancestry. I've done the DNA test and don't really know where to begin. Sir name of Normandin , it seems that most of them went to Canada.

  • @G3florentino
    @G3florentino 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:57 - About the earlier viking age start on the VIII century (maybe something about Orkeyar), I'd like to know more about that on following videos for sure.

  • @j3bryan100
    @j3bryan100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love how you frequently slip the Dutch national anthem in your videos.

  • @TheirWisecrackingUncle
    @TheirWisecrackingUncle 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm descended from some of the Vikings who settled in the Tosny area of Normandy. Today I believe Tosny is part of an area called Les Trois Lacs. My last name is an Anglicized version of Tosny.

  • @micahistory
    @micahistory 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It kind of seems weird but smart to use your enemies to fight your enemies

    • @annabackman3028
      @annabackman3028 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      A variety of "If you can't beat your enemy, join him" 😆

    • @micahistory
      @micahistory 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@annabackman3028 exactly

    • @micahistory
      @micahistory 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @MUNIK true

  • @CalebNorthNorman
    @CalebNorthNorman 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    @History With Hilbert did you ever make that video about Richard the 1st Duke of Normandy?

  • @travel4JC
    @travel4JC 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting I just found out my ancestors were on that voyage in 1066 , Cribbs' my father always said we were from Ireland but could've been Denmark or Norway, however Viking ancesters.. Thanks for the history video

  • @8thLegio
    @8thLegio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My dad's family is from Guernsey, the channel islands are all that remain of the loyal duchy of Normandy. Great place to visit.

    • @lsq7833
      @lsq7833 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      the duke of Normandy was a vassal to the king of France, so no, Guernsey and Jersey are technically disloyal.

    • @8thLegio
      @8thLegio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lsq78 Plantagenets are the rightful Kings of France dont at me 😂

    • @bobjoe7508
      @bobjoe7508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lsq7833 The channel islands were not under French control, and the Dukes acted independently from France. The islands were directly controlled by the Dukes of Normandy, and later the Kings of England. The islands were given over to the Anglo-Normans by treaty. The notion that the Dukes of Normandy were vassals to France is historically dubious.

    • @bobjoe7508
      @bobjoe7508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@8thLegio The Plantagenets were only partially Norman, and initially by marriage, and they also were only distantly related to the French royal family. The Platagenets were originally from Anjou, and had connections to Aquitaine.

    • @mathieuvigne7336
      @mathieuvigne7336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@bobjoe7508 The duchy of Normandy was de jure part of the kingdom of Francia, and the king of England paid hommage to the king of France for the duchy of Normandy (and later for the duchy of Aquitaine as well).

  • @dundrawir8333
    @dundrawir8333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    You didn't include that they were first offered Flanders!

    • @historywithhilbert146
      @historywithhilbert146  4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Vankelsteg I didn’t know that!

    • @dundrawir8333
      @dundrawir8333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      History With Hilbert nonetheless a great video!

    • @Alias_Anybody
      @Alias_Anybody 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And why did they refuse it?
      "I don't like Flanders. It's rough and course and irritating and it gets everywhere..."

    • @leithmotiff
      @leithmotiff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Stupid Flanders...

    • @MrBigfabe
      @MrBigfabe 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      why would have Rollo been offered flanders by the king of the franks of the west?? Rollo had no military success or positions there. What is your source? The offering of the region or Rouen (Rollo has not been even offered the whole current normandy, only a small portion of it, further extensions came later) is the result of a military status quo in the region of Rouen and Valley de la Seine, Rollo was not able to get decisive military advantage in the progress toward Paris and on the other hand the king of the franks was not able to regain authority on the Neustrie globally (not only the part controlled by Rollo). So it was a win-win agreement, I do not see what Flanders has to do in the process. And even the Saint Clair sur Epte pact is not even proven to have been formerly approved by both parties, there are serious hypothesis that consider it to be just a proposal of negotiation and never signed off, just finally concretising itself on the terrain, pragmatically lets say. The give away may have been approved later. I personally sincerely doubt that Rollo the pagan would have given any kind of importance to a written treaty. Lots of historians here in Normandy consider this treaty is a myth.

  • @RobertNewstrand
    @RobertNewstrand 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Did some of the Vikings rule the Kievian Rus (Russia) as well?

    • @catdogabuab1928
      @catdogabuab1928 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I know they were in my neighborhood, Arabia. I wouldn't be surprised! I've been considering doing a blood test since my Arab bloodline is from Palestine, but very blonde and blue eyes or other light coloring were known for, though no one can find a 'other' name in the family books. And we have everyone. They may have changed names...

    • @beepboopbeepp
      @beepboopbeepp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They are actually somewhat related, if i remember the book i will get back to you, but in short the scandinavian vikings and the kievan rus, used to be closely related, and in some instances the scandinavians sought refugee under the rus.

    • @isaacolivecrona6114
      @isaacolivecrona6114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Rus were Swedish Vikings.

    • @KroM234
      @KroM234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@isaacolivecrona6114 Mostly but not only, there was also Finnish people who went viking in the slavic east, but also Poles and some Norwegians obviously (like Haraldr Sigurdsson and his brother Olaf before him). I can't recall any famous Danes in the east but given that Danes represented the large bulk of all viking expeditions, no doubt Danes also went east, even though Swedes were most likely the biggest "ethnicity" within the norse population of the Rus.

  • @reptil_diy
    @reptil_diy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey wheres that video about the Viking age starting in Eastern Europe?

  • @svenplantener5531
    @svenplantener5531 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    And the Normans found the magic potion. And became undeafetable.

    • @Oxmustube
      @Oxmustube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Not sure how many people here know about Astérix.

    • @annabackman3028
      @annabackman3028 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Oxmustube, Obviously more people than you expected. I grew up with Asterix! Still have a couple of albums. Also Tin-Tin😂.
      Me? = too old🙄, from Sweden.

    • @Oxmustube
      @Oxmustube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Anna Backman I am French Canadian and I also grew up with Astérix and Tintin. I know nothing of Dr Seuss. Exactly the opposite of English Canadians.

    • @annabackman3028
      @annabackman3028 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Oxmustube Dr Seuss? 🤔 Honestly, never heard of.
      But Lucky Luke, and the Dalton brothers. 😂Also Belgian, like Tin-Tin.

    • @Oxmustube
      @Oxmustube 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Anna Backman Dr Seuss is an American author of children books. A few movies about his stories have been made, like "the grinch who stole Christmas" and "Cat in the hat". Very popular in the English world.

  • @thomassenbart
    @thomassenbart 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bravo avec ton accent français !

  • @sophienoel-johnson660
    @sophienoel-johnson660 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Hilbert,
    Can you recommend any text books that cover the evolution of English from Pre-English to late modern English? Anything where you can tell the author is enjoying it as much as you are...
    Thank you

  • @oliverkarehag9883
    @oliverkarehag9883 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    8:40 *cough * and Sweden

    • @discotheray2020
      @discotheray2020 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      no

    • @oliverkarehag9883
      @oliverkarehag9883 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Disco The Ray I know that the Swedish vikings were further east starting the foundation of the kievanrus, the mother of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. But we weren’t in Normandie. Nevertheless you will hear cities with a district called haga.

  • @alen-bm4ej
    @alen-bm4ej 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do a video on Norman French please!!

  • @micahistory
    @micahistory 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Although the policy of giving Vikings land was smart it was dangerous since they could just use it as a foothold for future invasion

    • @htoodoh5770
      @htoodoh5770 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Uh they did. Just look at the plantagenet.

    • @micahistory
      @micahistory 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@htoodoh5770 yeah

  • @randelldarky3920
    @randelldarky3920 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am proud to be Norman/ Anglo- Saxon.

  • @kjartanruminy6297
    @kjartanruminy6297 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    10:45 actually Richard has an equivalent old norse name, Ríkharðr

    • @martinnyberg9295
      @martinnyberg9295 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep, and since the Frankish tongue had also germanic roots, like Norse, it seems a natural choice for a Norse-Frankish dude. 😏

  • @tuberobotto
    @tuberobotto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A note on "Magellan" :
    He and his Spanish contingency of soldiers were annihilated by an army of warriors native to Mactan (Southern Philippines) led by a warlord named Lapu-Lapu, in a tiny battle that was due to an agreement that Magellan entered into with another ruling warlord stipulating that this warlord shall open the doors of his turf to Magellan if he manages to annihilate Lapu-Lapu, which he didn't and paid with his and his troop's life in the hands of his opponent. Only the friar witnessing the event, and a handful of ship crew left behind made their escape. There is however, no extant records (?) as to the whereabouts of Magellan's body nor of it's resting place.
    Sorry, I thought about putting this in since "Magellan TV" was mentioned in the intro credits.
    My apologies.

  • @michaelwhite8031
    @michaelwhite8031 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can look ask you did many of the Norman families settle around the Scottish boarders in the 11th century ?

  • @youwanagethi
    @youwanagethi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is that a car honking at 12:01 ?

  • @phil..rubi123
    @phil..rubi123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    How about a video about the Vikings that went East? The Rus

  • @Pendraeg
    @Pendraeg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Didn't William Longsword conquer Avrenchin and the Cotentin from the Kingdom of Brittany so that the granting of this land by the French King was just recognizing the de-facto situation on the ground with a post-facto title?

  • @mark16livsey
    @mark16livsey 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jesus Chris what was the first bit 🤯🤯🤯

  • @skeleton2082
    @skeleton2082 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You should make a video on the Dutch history of New York. It would be very interesting.

    • @Gorboduc
      @Gorboduc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Even old New York was once New Amsterdam...

    • @blakeluccason9971
      @blakeluccason9971 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Do it as a ancestor of mine was a dutch colonist

    • @finalfrontier001
      @finalfrontier001 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      it was out post not flegging citiy. Engflish made it a city.

  • @hahnchenrittmeister8653
    @hahnchenrittmeister8653 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh hell yeah

  • @archeofutura_4606
    @archeofutura_4606 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Þú hvat mín vinr? = U wot m8? The madlad

  • @hanschitzlinger3676
    @hanschitzlinger3676 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hey! I saw that Frankish overlord meme on reddit yesterday

  • @Sandalphon777
    @Sandalphon777 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really enjoy this presentation due to its personal relevance as Hrolfr/Poppa were My great grandparents of that time, as was William, and the history of their coming to be in Normandy is quite nice. The line extends all of the way into England by 1066 AD through William The Conqueror (also great grandfather) inevitably leading to the rule of Edward I down the family tree as another great grandfather of mine. So this is nice to see a somewhat step by step guide to in a summation which would probably take far longer to fully explain had more rigorous detail been conveyed on a consistent basis. For the duration I enjoy it for its somewhat "introductory" level of presentation to the masses, keep up the exemplary work.

  • @mykulpierce
    @mykulpierce 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting my ancestor Reginar Longneck was a rival to Rollo in some conflicts.

    • @goofygrandlouis6296
      @goofygrandlouis6296 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      long-neck ? What a funny last name.

  • @joemills3654
    @joemills3654 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What's your favourite thing about this period?

  • @hosank
    @hosank 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So CuriosityStream or Magellan?

  • @Thekoryostribalpodcast
    @Thekoryostribalpodcast 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My family is from the north of France on my mom's side. And my father's side is from Scotland, and Scandanavia/Ireland. I have alot of Scandinavian in my family. And I'm extremely proud of it. And also a small amount of basque/berber.

    • @mickwarnie8707
      @mickwarnie8707 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think you are more american than anything else because you have a mom instead of a mum.

    • @MiloManning05
      @MiloManning05 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Basque through the Irish

  • @EleoTeardrop
    @EleoTeardrop 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really underevaluated baguette girl at 0:05

  • @njujuwd3495
    @njujuwd3495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    13:07 Bluetooth from across the sea!

  • @williamlinley1402
    @williamlinley1402 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Normans were a cool people.

  • @micahistory
    @micahistory 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please check out Micahistory 2, it would mean a lot!

  • @gengis737
    @gengis737 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Too bad for English who prefer to say that they were conquered by hmmm... "Viking descents" rather than by French. And apart of Normans, a large share of William's army were French nobles from other provinces attracted by the promise of loot and land.

    • @DrBojangles007
      @DrBojangles007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Well it’s not untrue as the Norman conquerors did have a Viking origin, but yes culturally they were French and they brought with them mercenaries from France

    • @gasmagourian
      @gasmagourian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@DrBojangles007 Indeed, the Duke of Bretagne, as well as William's father-in-law the count of Flandres (another french guy) provided quite a chunk of troops.
      In addition, the next Dynasty of english kings were the Plantagenet. Hard to sound frenchier :-D
      Henry II Plantagenet was actually the son of a french count of Anjou whose mother was a deposed Norman queen of England. She tried all of life to take the throne back, and her son inherited her claim. The guy married Alienor of Aquitaine, who was french as well.
      But yeah, it does not go well to the english legend that some french never ruled or conquered them.

    • @heruwahyono4040
      @heruwahyono4040 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@gasmagourian so english nobility were dominated by french nobles?

    • @MrBigfabe
      @MrBigfabe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      heru wahyono actually let’s say french & norman descendants. But is that so surprising? Current England crown is in the hands of the germanic Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha house for instance. Owning a crown has never been a question of nationality.

    • @alwantamalus3709
      @alwantamalus3709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It's not because 100 vikings settled in Normandy that the Normands became all vikings. The Normands are Celto frankish, as we see by their names, their rules, their customs, their civilisation ant their architecture. It's amazing to see that Normands lived in castles and prayed in the biggest churchs and cathedrals of Europe when primitive vikings lived in huts of wood. This means Normands have nothing in common with vikings. But of course, some crazy and stupid story fakers prefer pretend England was invaded by vikings instead of frankish (french) Normands.

  • @Robwolf28
    @Robwolf28 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am watching this again you forgot Breton also one had a son with a Breton concubine, or from Brittanny.

  • @nickpierpoint4116
    @nickpierpoint4116 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    My surname is norman, "pierpoint" apparently pier means bridge, point means stone/rock, im indistinguishable from your average English bloke though, nothing special until I looked into the history, keep it up Hilbert, love the vids 🤙

    • @tonyhawk94
      @tonyhawk94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I think its an evolution of Pierrepont which is a common French name, it means Stone Bridge, your ancester probably lived or worked near by a Stone Bridge. :')

    • @historywithhilbert146
      @historywithhilbert146  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nick Pierpoint Interesting background! Quite a few Norman names kicking around in England today. Thanks for sharing man 🔥

    • @shadowsniper86
      @shadowsniper86 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      like gipcambero stated, you got those reversed but interesting nonetheless.

    • @annabackman3028
      @annabackman3028 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Old Norse for 'bridge' is spelled bru / bro. So, sorry, not likely.
      It's very commonly used on rune stones, so there's no reason to argue. Like:
      "Iarlabanki let ræisa stæina þessa at sik kvikvan ok bro þessa gærði fyr and sina ok æin atti Tæby allan"
      In "normal" Swedish:
      "Jarlabanke lät resa dessa stenar efter sig medan han levde, och han gjorde denna bro för sin själ, och han ägde ensam hela Täby"
      In English, word by word:
      "Jarlabanke let raise these stones for himself alive, and he made this bridge for his soul, and he owned alone whole Täby"
      "Jarlabanke let raise these stones, whilst alive, and had these bridges made to prevent his soul, and he was the owner of the whole Täby area."
      He was a very powerful man in the areas north of today's Stockholm, at that time filled with water sick parts that were difficult to pass through. Only wealthy men could afford to have such as much and difficult work done, and he wanted to brag about it. "Christian"("to prevent his soul").
      Most rune stones are raised in memory of brave men, usually dead far away from home, whereof "Frankland", "Saxland" and "England", "Miklagård"= Istanbul, "Kiev" are among the mentioned.
      Only rich and famous people had stones raised when they still were alive, an obvious statement of their own importance.
      Interesting is that his father's mother, Estrid, had stones raised over her first husband, Östen (Jarlabanke's father's father), her sons Ingefast (Jarlabanke's father), Gag, and one Ingvar who was Jarlabanke's half uncle and another Ingvar who was her second husband, and Ragnvald, her stepson.
      She had the stone after Gag raised together with his father Östen. On one stone after her husband Östen you can read "Estrid let raise these stones after Östen, her husband, who traveled to Jerusalem and died in Greece".
      "Greece" was the old Byzantine Empire, the eastern part of Rome, where Konstantinopel was the capital, by the northmen called "Miklagård", which meant something like "the rich city" or a good place for trading.
      Indeed a rich and powerful family.
      By the way, northmen was well seen as hired soldiers and guards of the Byzantium emperors and there are two different rune carvings in Hagia Sofia (Istanbul) and one on a three meters tall marble lion in Venice. That lion stood originally in the Old Greek city Piraeus.
      Also, there are more Arabic coins (from that era) found in Sweden than in the Arabic areas. Loots or earned money from the Byzantine guard, hidden so it wouldn't be stolen and of some reasons not been dug up again.

    • @goofygrandlouis6296
      @goofygrandlouis6296 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      OK, so here's a *decisive argument* as to why Rollo french-ified.
      And let's be frank here. If you had a choice :
      - do you prefer a petite brunette who knows how to cook for you ?
      - or Hilga Heavyset, the feminist nut-cracker from Norway ? 🤔🤨🤔🤫

  • @Gonboo
    @Gonboo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I know you are a history major, but are you also minoring in language or something? All your accents and pronunciations are great!

    • @historywithhilbert146
      @historywithhilbert146  4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Seamus McFlanery I’m actually studying Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic which is an interdisciplinary mix of languages history and literature all together though the languages I study are all dead. I do know some modern languages though My French is terrible ;)

    • @Gonboo
      @Gonboo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@historywithhilbert146 Do you have any tips or sources for learning Celtic languages? I want to learn Scotch Gaelic but there really isn't much literature in terms of learning it.

    • @aaronmarks9366
      @aaronmarks9366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Gonboo Duolingo has recently come out with a Scottish Gaelic course. Not sure how good it is yet, but worth checking out :)

    • @shadowsniper86
      @shadowsniper86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@historywithhilbert146 nonsense! I speak French as a primary language and you sound like a native! I'm impressed! I find it interesting that Québecois French sounds more like the original Norman French however than current Parisian French.

    • @shadowsniper86
      @shadowsniper86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Gonboo wish there was more on Manx to be honest. Seems like it would of been a hub of cultural exchange back during this time. I haven't seen much on the Viking Sea Kings based out of there such as Maccus of Man.

  • @thibaudduhamel2581
    @thibaudduhamel2581 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The traité of Saint clair sur Epte only came about after the army of Hrolf (rollo) was thrashed by Frankish forces at Chartres. He basically had no choice but swear his fealty to the Frankish kings in exchange for his life and that of his men. Charles the Simple (in old french, simple meant: honnest or sincere, not idiot) proved to be a shrewd negociator, and prevented his kingdom being ravaged again. Well played, Charles.

    • @RayB1656
      @RayB1656 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      However, when Charles the Simple died,
      Hrôlfr believed that his oath to the Franksih King was terminated.
      He then attacked the towns west to Rouen, up to Bayeux, to extend his ''empire'' !
      He even married Poppa of Bayeux, to back up his dominance/influence in Normandy.
      With the years, the Normans would managed to take over the entire Normandy region.
      The Frankish King were powerless.

  • @TheSamuraijim87
    @TheSamuraijim87 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Amazing video!
    I think one of the most telling things that can be said against the "Normans were Vikings" argument, which it seems, most often springs from a sense of English anti-continentalism, is that the entirety of the cultural changes brought about by the Norman Conquests among the kingdoms of Britain were Frankish in nature.
    Now of course it's possible that all the Viking institutions we might have expected the Normans to impose and which are part of Britain, might have already been brought about by Canute's conquest, and by other already present Viking settlers, and there were no more significant Norse cultural adaptations to make. But the Normans effected the most long term changes in England, Scotland and Wales, significantly changing Saxon and Celtic 'dark age' societies into Frankish Feudal Kingdoms. And all those changes were Frankish.

  • @spiritofhopeloveandkindnes2308
    @spiritofhopeloveandkindnes2308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Rollo the walker founded Normandy.

    • @OnlyMyPOV
      @OnlyMyPOV 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alabama Sword.
      Rollo is Rouler in Cajun French (Louisiana) Laissez les bons temps rouler.
      Let the good times roll. Some of the Cajun ancestors are named Roland in English now.

    • @annabackman3028
      @annabackman3028 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This "Rollo" was actually named 'Rolf'.
      He had a nickname among the Northmen "Gånge-Rolf", meaning 'Walking Rolf' because he was so tall that his feet was still on the ground when he sat on a horse, so he had to walk anyway. I take it as the rumour was slightly exaggerated... 😁

    • @MrBigfabe
      @MrBigfabe 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Anna Backman exagerated not necessarily, I’ve been told that the point is norse horses were more like poneys compared to horses in southern regions or countries (maybe due to the tough climate). That could explain this surname because without being extraordinarily tall he could still have his feet touching the ground when riding a small horse.

  • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014
    @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What was the name of the revolt of the normans towards William Longsword (because he was too gallicised)? And the attempts to convert back to Paganism in minute 13:30

    • @joellaz9836
      @joellaz9836 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s mentioned in the Annals of flodoard, which says
      “Hugh [the Great], the duke of the Franks, fought frequently against the Northmen who had come as pagans or had returned to paganism. They had killed many Christian footsoldiers (pedites) of Hugh’s, but, with the agreement of the Christian Northmen who were holding the place, Hugh was able to take the castrum of Évreux, killing many of the Northmen and putting the others to flight. King Louis set out again for Rouen and killed the Northman Turmoldus, who had returned to idolatry and to heathen rites. Turmoldus had forced [Richard] the son of William [Longsword] and others to join him in this and he plotted against the king. Turmoldus joined with the pagan king Setricus and King Louis killed them in battle.”

    • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014
      @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much! Ive tried to look it into the Internet but nothing.
      Thanks again and have a good day

  • @MrBigfabe
    @MrBigfabe 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    still do not understand why you outlined that much the cotentin area whilst even if it was the oldest settlement area by iro-norwegian it is the smallest one. The biggest area was the pays de Caux and vallée de la Seine (the cotentin has not ever been under Rouf -Rollo- control, only later jarls of normandy took control of it)

  • @veronicalogotheti5416
    @veronicalogotheti5416 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who named the area

  • @pipamore7472
    @pipamore7472 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good accent, impressive

  • @Idahoguy10157
    @Idahoguy10157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I discovered doing family genealogy that I have 11th Century Norman ancestors

  • @klyanadkmorr
    @klyanadkmorr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You didn't add in the remaining P-Celtic peoples in north of France(Brittony) from the days when Rome fought the Celts thru out Iberia & Gaul/France N. Italy

    • @smal750
      @smal750 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      France is celtic

  • @nickmalgus5626
    @nickmalgus5626 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    England kept the Norman spirit alive the most